Published by Ash December 29th, 2008
in Roewe - Rong Wei.
SAIC pulled out all of the stops for the Roewe 550, they employed their UK design team, and utilized their finest engineering talent to make a car that looks good, performs well, is extremely safe, and also cheap to buy.
The Roewe 550 has sold around 2500 units per month since its launch five months ago. The Roewe 550 is based off the Rover 75 platform that SAIC acquired from the bankrupt British car maker Rover in 2005. SAIC have built two cars off the platform, the Roewe 750, and then the Roewe 550, which used a shortened version of the platform. Other models are expected to be launched using the Roewe 550 as a base, including an upcoming MG hatchback.
The Roewe 550 was also test driven by CCT earlier this year.
Published by Ash December 12th, 2008
in Roewe - Rong Wei.
SAIC’s design team have been busy building a Roewe brand that they can push to the world, first it started with the Roewe 750 2.5V6 (which looks just as elegant as ever) and then the 750 1.8T, the stunning Roewe 550, and now a rebranded Ssangyong Kyron SUV, which is expected to be the next big Roewe product.
We dont know why, but it seems SAIC cant keep a lid on any of its future secret cars, the whole world knew about the Roewe 550 a whole year before it actually made it to the market, and this rebranded SUV appears to be no different! The badge on the hood, rather than in the grill, appears to have become a Roewe ‘trademark’, but somehow on this SUV, it looks rather poorly executed.
Published by Ash November 26th, 2008
in Roewe - Rong Wei.
The Roewe 550 1.8 (non turbo model) manual gear box edition is set to be priced at a highly affordable 126,800rmb to 135,800rmb, which easily makes it the most highly desirable car in its segment, with its nearest competition being the Ford Focus (110,00rmb for the manual model) and the Citroen C4-Quattre (108,000rmb for 1.6 manual), despite being slightly more expensive, we think consumers may actually plump for the Roewe 550 as its far more luxurious on the inside than either of its two competitors.
The 1.8 DVVT engine is rather economical as well, with it using 5.6l of fuel per 100km
Published by Ash November 21st, 2008
in Roewe - Rong Wei.
Various websites have been pushing around pictures of a future Roewe 550 hatchback, but badged up as an MG model. China Car Times, rather than publish the images straight away, we actually did a bit of research! By contacting various insiders, and those more likely in the know, we have concluded that the MG hatch pictures are not the ones that our MG insider knows of, but they did say there was a similar vehicle in planning stage.
The pictures first came to light in the Chinese auto magazine, Qi Che Bo Lan (Auto Expo), although CCT hasn’t yet been able to locate a copy of the magazine containing the pictures. Poor quality photos were taken of the magazine and uploaded to the net as soon as the magazine came out of the publishing house, and quickly spread across the internet, and into magazines in Europe, sadly the Chinese sources were never given any credit.
Until now, we’ve seen the below Roewe 550 Hatchback pictures:
Not forgetting these previous Roewe 550 hatch back mock ups:
Today AutoExpress, the British Automotive magazine is currently sporting pictures of the new MG ZS, aka the MG6. The MG badge looks like it was hastily added later to the picture, as its obviously off center:
We’re not sure where Auto Express acquired the images from, Auto Express is rather infamous for creating pictures and calling them ‘exclusives’
We’ve also come across this drawing of a future MG based Roewe 550 sedan:
Published by Ash November 20th, 2008
in Roewe - Rong Wei and Chinese Car News.
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